Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Description:

The very elongated alabastron has two small lugs, a flaring neck, and a convex lip.


H. 8 11/16; Diam.1 5/8 in. (22.1 x 4.1 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

599 - 400 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1604, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 529, p. 390, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5095